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but john boehner does not want to do that. he knows that's wouven the few levers that they have against the president. he says we're not doing the debt ceiling unless we're doing spending cuts an reform as big as the increase. gwen: now president meet with some congressional leaders over hogeie this is week. both sides came up with completely different interpretation of how it happen. >> surprise, surprise. it's clear that the president made this clear to be boehner. we should just do the debt ceiling and separate it from everybody else. and he said that that quote took his breath away. it's more of the post erring. gwen: were the hoagie's any good, that's the question. >> they were pushing the government to the edge of default. the markets weren't really wild about this. i mean, how -- how does wall street -- are they finally deciding that these guys are just bluffing? is this going to cause some real problems? >> that's a great question. what we know so far wall street is completely preoccupied. either they were watching fac
but john boehner does not want to do that. he knows that's wouven the few levers that they have against the president. he says we're not doing the debt ceiling unless we're doing spending cuts an reform as big as the increase. gwen: now president meet with some congressional leaders over hogeie this is week. both sides came up with completely different interpretation of how it happen. >> surprise, surprise. it's clear that the president made this clear to be boehner. we should just do the...
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boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people with sort of the seeing this game of chicken being played at such a high stakes time. i think there is certainly, after this election, there is kind of a let's get down to business. let's see if we can get this thing done. whether that can translate -- david just said, the biggest sticking point, taxes on the wealthy is still on the table. you can sing happy birthday to john boehner as much as you want. gwen: he would still say no. >> absolutely. i think it's really premature to try to predict what is going to ha
boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people...
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john boehner is pushing for his "plan b." this is the latest twist in those crucial fiscal cliff negotiations. the house speaker offered a back-up plan today to avoid falling off the cliff. he promised to bring a bill to the house floor this week that would raise income tax rates for people earning more than $1 million a year and no new spending cuts, for now. the white house immediately rejected it. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner says the president is asking for about half a trillion dollars more in taxes than he is willing to cut from spending. that means the two sides have narrowed their differences, but the speaker says not enough progress has been made to call it a deal. so he is making other plans. >> our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> reporter: while the speaker prepares his back-up plan, the outlines of a grand bargain with the president are becoming clearer. both sides look ready to adopt a new
john boehner is pushing for his "plan b." this is the latest twist in those crucial fiscal cliff negotiations. the house speaker offered a back-up plan today to avoid falling off the cliff. he promised to bring a bill to the house floor this week that would raise income tax rates for people earning more than $1 million a year and no new spending cuts, for now. the white house immediately rejected it. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner says the...
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white house spokesman jay carney declined to address boehner's offer directly, but he did say this. >> the only plan that we have seen that achieves the size and the balance that's required for sustainable... for long-term deficit reduction and putting our economy on a sustainable fiscal path is the president's. >> holman: also today, senate majority leader harry reid warned members may have to return to work the day after christmas in order finish legislation to avoid the new year's deadline triggering across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts. wall street started the week on a high note. stocks were buoyed by hopes of progress in the washington deficit talks. the dow jones industrial average gained 100 points to close at 13,235. the nasdaq rose 39 points to close at 3010. traders also paused for a minute of silence this morning, to remember the school shooting victims in connecticut. republican congressman tim scott of south carolina will become the first black senator from the south since reconstruction. he was awarded the congressional medal of honor for bravery in world war ii
white house spokesman jay carney declined to address boehner's offer directly, but he did say this. >> the only plan that we have seen that achieves the size and the balance that's required for sustainable... for long-term deficit reduction and putting our economy on a sustainable fiscal path is the president's. >> holman: also today, senate majority leader harry reid warned members may have to return to work the day after christmas in order finish legislation to avoid the new...
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that is the very nature of speaker boehner's dilemma. that operative in those tweets which we all saw go to the very heart. that operative is telling conservatives the best way to get things done is not to have your druthers, not to have your greatest scenario but get the very best conservative deal you can, given the fact that president obama just won the election and actually ran on these tax increases. the public has spoken. that does mean something. >> woodruff: carol lee, at the white house, do they think this can get done, whether it's done before christmas but can it be done by the end of the year? >> they do. someone in the white house said they see over 50%, they put the odds over 50% that they can get a deal done. it's very delicate. they're having to... their main concern right now is having to keep democrats in line as the president concedes on some of these entitlement programs like social security and medicare cuts. so that's what you see them working on doing today behind the scenes. >> woodruff: todd, from the speaker's p
that is the very nature of speaker boehner's dilemma. that operative in those tweets which we all saw go to the very heart. that operative is telling conservatives the best way to get things done is not to have your druthers, not to have your greatest scenario but get the very best conservative deal you can, given the fact that president obama just won the election and actually ran on these tax increases. the public has spoken. that does mean something. >> woodruff: carol lee, at the...
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boehner talk about not raising rates. so is there some sort of compromise in the difference between the term rates and revenues? >> i done think will is any question. and actually there's a lot of commonality on that issue in the senate. the fact is that folks in the upper income bracket lick me, we ought to eliminate loopholes and those kinds of things that are you really spending in another name. so we can generate more revenues from the upper income by eliminating those tax expenditures which really, again, is just spending in another name. and i think-- bses you can give us an example of how -- >> there are all kind of expenditures there is a home mortgage deduction. charitable contribution, the health care exclusion. and the best way to keep from getting into a political argument over which one is just to cap the amount that people in upper income brackets can take of any of those. let them choose which they want to take. but there's been a lot of discussion in the senate over this. and i think a lot of people have c
boehner talk about not raising rates. so is there some sort of compromise in the difference between the term rates and revenues? >> i done think will is any question. and actually there's a lot of commonality on that issue in the senate. the fact is that folks in the upper income bracket lick me, we ought to eliminate loopholes and those kinds of things that are you really spending in another name. so we can generate more revenues from the upper income by eliminating those tax...
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john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including republicans signed on to. democrats are sitting on the hill telling me, we're fine with that. republicans, sure, we can undo those $600 billion in defense cut if you want to. we can tie it to the debt limit if you want to. let's talk revenue. put a dollar of tax increases on the table. in terms of the election, as the president and mitt romney go to the public with these two issues, the democrats' message is, yes, we have a fiscal problem, but the other side won't even consider a tax increase for the richest among us. you've heard that refrain, i don't need to explain it. yes, we h
john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including...
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to make spending cuts and some elimination of deductions which would mean tax revenue and so is john boehner and mitch mcconnell. >> i think the president was in favor of some discretionary cuts but not in favor of entitlement reform which is where the real money is, medicare and where is the president's plan to save medicare, he is in office four years and a pressing the issue and never offered a plan to save medicare and i am telling you, of all of the important programs in there, that impacts about 3 million people in my state, one of them is my mother, medicare is a critical program for in earns, it has to be saved, it is going bankrupt, it will bankrupt our country unless it is reformed where is the president's plan on medicare. >> rose: what is your mother's view. >> we both support medicare and wouldn't support reforms to medicare that would hurt her mr. >> the only way to change med compare is accept the fact that my medicare and the people in my generation, i am 41 years old, my medicare if i want it to be reformed in a way that doesn't change the way my mom gets medicare it is goin
to make spending cuts and some elimination of deductions which would mean tax revenue and so is john boehner and mitch mcconnell. >> i think the president was in favor of some discretionary cuts but not in favor of entitlement reform which is where the real money is, medicare and where is the president's plan to save medicare, he is in office four years and a pressing the issue and never offered a plan to save medicare and i am telling you, of all of the important programs in there, that...
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because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there
because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is...
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john boehner said he spoke... he was so excited to speak at his first convention he spoke at 2:00 in the afternoon, there was nobody in the hall and nobody was listening so it was hubbling. >> i listen to these speeches because aim who i am. there were good once. >> much like popeye. (laughter) >> so the mayor of oklahoma city gave a good speech. that that feeds into what's happening. a lot of it is about reframing the party as the party of practical governance and there's a lot of ideology in this party but we have mayors and govern yourself, we have people on the ground doing it right now and we want to replicate what's happening in wisconsin, ohio. >> woodruff: it's something i raised with speaker boehner and that's the unpopularity of congress and you have to believe that's one of the reasons you don't see senators and members of the house of representatives speaking in prime time. they were in the afternoon. >> that was one of the good arguments against picking paul ryan. house republicans are not exactly pop
john boehner said he spoke... he was so excited to speak at his first convention he spoke at 2:00 in the afternoon, there was nobody in the hall and nobody was listening so it was hubbling. >> i listen to these speeches because aim who i am. there were good once. >> much like popeye. (laughter) >> so the mayor of oklahoma city gave a good speech. that that feeds into what's happening. a lot of it is about reframing the party as the party of practical governance and there's a...
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a note, we did interview house speaker john boehner last week. you can watch that interview on our web site. >> brown: it's become ever clearer that social networking is having a profound impact on how politics today works; how campaigns act and re-act, how journalists get and transmit information, how money is raised, how issues are fought over, and much more. tonight we begin a new feature that will track the campaign and political issues as they play out in social media and on the web. for that we'll be joined regularly by two journalists from the new website, daily download. lauren ashburn is the site's editor in chief and formerly with "usa today live" and gannett broadcasting. howard kurtz is "newsweek's" washington bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." welcome to the newshour. >> thank you. >> brown: so every time we meet here around the table we're going to talk about a particular campaign or issue starting tonight with mitt romney. largely, lauren, because he's so active in social media, right? >> he is so active. especially
a note, we did interview house speaker john boehner last week. you can watch that interview on our web site. >> brown: it's become ever clearer that social networking is having a profound impact on how politics today works; how campaigns act and re-act, how journalists get and transmit information, how money is raised, how issues are fought over, and much more. tonight we begin a new feature that will track the campaign and political issues as they play out in social media and on the web....
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but in washington today, the nation's top elected republican, house speaker john boehner, dismissed fears that a protracted nomination fight would hurt the party. >> listen, i understand people are concerned about how long the primary process is dragging on. i would remind people that president obama and secretary of state hilary clinton had a fight that went through june of 2008. i think everybody just needs to relax, and this will resolve itself. >> ifill: two other major republicans remain in the hunt for the nomination. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum stumped in colorado, where caucuses are set for tuesday. and texas congressman ron paul spent the day courting voters around las vegas. all four will need to raise and spend ever larger amounts of money to keep going. new financial reports released last night show the role that independent outside groups, the "super pacs," are playing. according to the federal elections commission, pro-romney groups raised more than $30 million by the end of last year. those supporting newt gingrich raised more than $2 million. and that doesn't
but in washington today, the nation's top elected republican, house speaker john boehner, dismissed fears that a protracted nomination fight would hurt the party. >> listen, i understand people are concerned about how long the primary process is dragging on. i would remind people that president obama and secretary of state hilary clinton had a fight that went through june of 2008. i think everybody just needs to relax, and this will resolve itself. >> ifill: two other major...
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in the summer of 2011 house speaker john boehner was quietly negotiating with the president trying to reach a budget deal which would include enough entitlement cuts to bring republican support and enough tax reform to gain acceptance by democrats. there were several failed attempts and then there appeared to be a breakthrough. i talked to boehner at the republican convention last week >> at the end where we have an agreement, eric cantor and i and the president in the oval office on a sunday late july, we have an agreement then it just evaporated. the president lost his courage, i don't know why it fell apart but it was clear he was afraid to take on his own party. listen, i fund risks we were both taking because i was as far out on a limb as i could possibly go. but the president's courage isn't as strong as it should be to lead. at some point you have to look at your staff and say "no, i'm not going there." >> woodruff: senator durbin and the fellow democrats on the hill dismiss boehner's account. they stay president bent over backwards to come to agreement with republicans. >> i r
in the summer of 2011 house speaker john boehner was quietly negotiating with the president trying to reach a budget deal which would include enough entitlement cuts to bring republican support and enough tax reform to gain acceptance by democrats. there were several failed attempts and then there appeared to be a breakthrough. i talked to boehner at the republican convention last week >> at the end where we have an agreement, eric cantor and i and the president in the oval office on a...
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greeting john boehner. his golfing buddy. the two of them have an interesting relationship. they say they get along but they just can't find way to agree. that's congress. now he hands him the official letter saying, "here i am. i bring you the state of the union." he's going to make his address. mark kelly, gabrielle giffords' husband sitting in the box with the first lady tonight along with many other guests which the president i'm sure will identify in his speech. all designed to make a point. looking at them, you would think it was a very happy, unified group. that's first lady michelle obama. president obama. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final pr
greeting john boehner. his golfing buddy. the two of them have an interesting relationship. they say they get along but they just can't find way to agree. that's congress. now he hands him the official letter saying, "here i am. i bring you the state of the union." he's going to make his address. mark kelly, gabrielle giffords' husband sitting in the box with the first lady tonight along with many other guests which the president i'm sure will identify in his speech. all designed to...
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so they look ahead, they see 2010 and think if taxes do go up for the middle class, it will be john boehner, and the republicans to take the blame. >> well, that may be but who is it going to play that kind of bluffing game with the debt ceiling because that's when you really risk tremendous market reactions and peril. i know you talked about david petraeus, and the whole foreign policy issue last night on charlie, martha, but do you-- let me ask you again, do you take seriously the notion that john kerry could be defense secretary? >> i think that was a trial balloon. >> you do? >> i 19, clearly both of those stories were trial balloons. president obama, obviously, took it a little further, quite a bit further today talking about susan rice. it was no longer a trial balloon. but i think john kerry-- you know, is that a consolation prize? i think he's probably always wanted to be secretary of state. i'm not sure how that would go over at the pentagon. i mean, when you talk about someone going into-- as secretary of state, who maybe doesn't have the experience that some people want. i think
so they look ahead, they see 2010 and think if taxes do go up for the middle class, it will be john boehner, and the republicans to take the blame. >> well, that may be but who is it going to play that kind of bluffing game with the debt ceiling because that's when you really risk tremendous market reactions and peril. i know you talked about david petraeus, and the whole foreign policy issue last night on charlie, martha, but do you-- let me ask you again, do you take seriously the...
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then, judy woodruff has a newsmaker interview with the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. >> suarez: betty ann bowser reports on the fallout from a new ruling mandating that faith- based organizations provide birth control coverage. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. >> we think it's really important that we not be obliged to pay for something that we view as immoral. >> ifill: we look at what's next for the republican presidential hopefuls after mitt romney's victory in nevada, with stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and susan page of "u.s.a. today." >> suarez: and hari sreenivasan updates the turmoil in egypt, where 19 americans working for nonprofit groups face trial. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of th
then, judy woodruff has a newsmaker interview with the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. >> suarez: betty ann bowser reports on the fallout from a new ruling mandating that faith- based organizations provide birth control coverage. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. >> we think it's really important that we not be obliged to pay for something that we view as immoral....
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obama said he would not support the pipeline now because in his words: but house speaker john boehner criticized the decision, saying: juliet eilperin has been covering this story for the "washington post" and she joins me now. what was the larger rationale for the administration to oppose this pipeline? >> their argument is that they had been looking at an alternative route through nebraska which has environmentally sensitive habitat and a place called the sand hills rejohn and they had asked trans-canada to work with nebraska's department of environmental quality and look for a new way to do this and had predicted that this would delay a final decision on this pipeline permit until early 2013 when the republicaned forced a decision by a deadline that was actually february 21, the administration said there's no way we can do it. we're not even going to go through the pretense of analyzing it and we are rejecting this. >> brown: so the administration is not saying no to the pipeline just the fact that they could don't this in 60 days. >> exactly and they had said that trans-canada, th
obama said he would not support the pipeline now because in his words: but house speaker john boehner criticized the decision, saying: juliet eilperin has been covering this story for the "washington post" and she joins me now. what was the larger rationale for the administration to oppose this pipeline? >> their argument is that they had been looking at an alternative route through nebraska which has environmentally sensitive habitat and a place called the sand hills rejohn and...
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we work hard and had small struggling businesses john boehner said and we achieve success. a lot of republicans feel that's under threat so that's one of the concept of earned success is something they've been hitting again and again and again. >> we do build things and president obama said we've been taking it he's been saying on the campaign trail triggering a real talking point, you didn't build that. in context he meant something more. >> no, he did. and one of the few times actually stressed himself. honey said of saying you know we we -- instead of saying we take great provide in the succes prid imagination to do it you know we're a large part of a larger family that we all do this. as americans under the american law, american schools and so forth, it didn't come across that way. they grabbed that opportunity and they've used it. >> we're going to hear a lot more of that. jeff brown is on the floor. jeff. >> brown: judy, gwen and i were talking early in the program about the one note here so far having to do with ron paul supporters. so an interesting thing just happ
we work hard and had small struggling businesses john boehner said and we achieve success. a lot of republicans feel that's under threat so that's one of the concept of earned success is something they've been hitting again and again and again. >> we do build things and president obama said we've been taking it he's been saying on the campaign trail triggering a real talking point, you didn't build that. in context he meant something more. >> no, he did. and one of the few times...
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i thinks to possible john boehner if he's speaker. i hope it's not that. i said if he will have a different caucus, a different election and the reason he didn't get an agreement on the debt limit he didn't have control of the caucus. the party wasn't ready to make a compromise. i think if president obama wins reelection, which i believe he will, just like in 1996, the republicans will look around and say, you no he what? we can't do this for four years. the first year and a half will be a productive year and a half for the country. >> let's talk about that four years ago barack obama had a health care proposal. he put it on the table. hillary clinton had one. she put it on the table. get locketted half the thing. what is the big proposal on the table now from president obama? i don't see one? >> well, david as an avid reader of your column, i think first of all that is part of what tonight is about. and it's not about this -- if it's a ten-point plan speech -- forget about it. i think he has a responsibility tomorrow night to lay out what the goals and ob
i thinks to possible john boehner if he's speaker. i hope it's not that. i said if he will have a different caucus, a different election and the reason he didn't get an agreement on the debt limit he didn't have control of the caucus. the party wasn't ready to make a compromise. i think if president obama wins reelection, which i believe he will, just like in 1996, the republicans will look around and say, you no he what? we can't do this for four years. the first year and a half will be a...
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john boehner's speakership may be more secure as a result of the results tonight. but that means that he's also got a caucus that's just been re-elected that is a pretty right wing caucus. >> ifill: it should be said we do not know at this point what the final numbers are in the house or the senate. we can have jeff and stu to give us an update on where everything is. as we wait to see the presidential candidates come out and speak. >> brown: we could do that. i'm here with stu and christina. stu, pick up on what they were just talking about. the house seats right now. >> let me do the senate first. let me krek some of their... well, no. right now we have the democrats having two in the senate. they won massachusetts, maine and indiana. the republicans have picked up one democratic senate seat in nebraska. that's plus two. we still have about a half a dozen seats that still have to come in. republicans have a chance of picking up in north dakota, maybe another one. we're somewhere at democrats two, democrats two one, a wash. what i think the republicans are going t
john boehner's speakership may be more secure as a result of the results tonight. but that means that he's also got a caucus that's just been re-elected that is a pretty right wing caucus. >> ifill: it should be said we do not know at this point what the final numbers are in the house or the senate. we can have jeff and stu to give us an update on where everything is. as we wait to see the presidential candidates come out and speak. >> brown: we could do that. i'm here with stu and...
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actually is this speaker john boehner? if it is, let's listen. >> as the permanent chair of this convention i am proud to declare the honorable mitt romney of massachusetts and honorable paul ryan of wisconsin the republican party nominees for president and vice president of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] >> woodruff: so, officially, this is it. he accepted it the other night. but this is the real moment. >> ifill: it is. interesting time to watch them. they're not dancing yet but they will be -- there you go, now they're dancing. this is what you like to see. they get to demonstrate, that's the plan. >> woodruff: these delegates have been through something this week, they came in to town probably saturday for sunday in the middle of what was maybe going to be a hurricane arriving here in tampa. the convention was cancelled completely on monday. they moved the proceedings, they lengthened tuesday and wednesday and thursday for that matter tonight. they all stood around and did whatever they could d
actually is this speaker john boehner? if it is, let's listen. >> as the permanent chair of this convention i am proud to declare the honorable mitt romney of massachusetts and honorable paul ryan of wisconsin the republican party nominees for president and vice president of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] >> woodruff: so, officially, this is it. he accepted it the other night. but this is the real moment. >> ifill: it is. interesting time to watch...